THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



eastern states by the army-worm. In many sections its raids on 

 vegetation have occasioned much concern and actual loss. How 

 to meet its advances and check its onslaught has claimed the 

 attention of many gardeners and farmers, and by the advice of 

 entomologists poison has been resorted to. Testimony received 

 at this office from several places tends to show that there is 

 grave doubt as to whether this is the wisest course to pursue in 

 dealing with the army-worm scourge. Frederic L. Thompson, 



THE ARMY- WORM. 



1. Caterpillar; 2. Chrysalis; 3. Adult Moth (Leucania unipunctata) 



an artist, writing from Chilmark, on the island of Martha's Vine- 

 yard, Massachusetts, says: 



11 'There has been an invasion of the army-worm here, and I 

 notice the Government issues pamphlets on the subject of its 

 destruction ; among other things it advises the use of bran mixed 

 with paris green. This mixture kills thousands of song-birds, as 

 I have found here. As this is being done all over the country, 



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